Shuffle board cue



May 22, 1934. E HESS 1,959,825

SHUFFLE BOARD CUE Filed July 25, 1933 amen KM Patented May 22, 1934 STATES ATENT OFFFCE 12 Claims.

This invention relates to games and more particularly to the game of shuflie board.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved game piece operating member which is so constructed that the portions of the operating member which readily become worn out can be easily replaced, thereby reducing the cost of the game piece operating member and permitting the use of the member for an indefinite period of time.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved head for a game piece operating member which is so constructed that the wear portions thereof can be readily replaced and these i wear portions are not unduly increased in weight on account of the improved structure.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described and in part be understood from the fol- .lowing detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a device constructed according to the preferred embodiment of this "invention, the device being partly broken away.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the device.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the views, the numeral 10 designates generally a handle of a device constructed according to the preferred embodiment of this in- .vention, the handle comprising an outer handle section 11, and inner handle section 12, which sections are detachably secured together as by a sleeve or tubular member 14 secured as by a pin 13 to the outer handle section 11. The inner handle section 12 is adapted to telescope into the tubular member 14 so as to provide a relatively long handle for playing of the game of shufile board.

The front or forward end of the handle section -11 has secured thereto a pair of divergent arms 15, the arms 15 being secured at their inner ends to the forward end of the handle section 11 as by bolts or securing members 16. The forward ends of the divergent arms 15 are tapered, as at 1'7, and formed with the blunt wedge-shaped end, as at 18. The beveled front end portions 17 of the arms 15 are adapted to engage against a game piece 19 which, in the present instance, is constructed in the form of a relatively flat disk which is adapted to be moved along a plane surface.

A pair of blocks, generally designated as 20, are secured to each arm 15, one on each side of the arm, and these blocks 20 are provided with key-shaped base portions 21 adapted to engage in keyways 22 provided in the arms 15. The connection between the wear blocks or slide members 20 and the arms 15 is a dove-tailed connection and in the present instance is so positioned relative to the arms 15 that the blocks 20 will be firmly held in the arms 15 upon longitudinal movement of the handle 10.

The blocks 20 may be firmly secured in the recesses 22 as by glue or other securing means which will permit the removal of the blocks 20 when these blocks become worn. These blocks 20 are provided with a fiat wearing face 23 which is inclined forwardly toward the longitudinal center of the handle 10, and the rear of the blocks 20 has an inclined face 24, the outer portion of which is adapted to engage against the periphery of the game piece 19 and provides a means whereby this game piece may be pulled toward the player. When two of these blocks 20 are mounted on an arm 15, the wear face portions 23 converge forwardly toward the point 18. The inclination of the face portion 23 is such that this face portion 23 will lie substantially fiat on the plane surface when the handle 10 is raised to an appropriate or convenient height.

In the use of the playing member hereinbefore described, the handle 10 is adapted to be grasped in the hand with the forward end portion of the device resting on a plane surface which is termed a court or the like and in this position, the wear blocks 20 are positioned with one of these blocks lowermost and the flat surface 23 of the lower block engaging the surface of the court. When the two blocks 20 become worn so that the front ends of the arms 15 will be unduly worn in the playing of the game, the blocks 20 can be knocked out, the movement of the blocks in removal thereof from the arms 15 being transverse to the length of the arms. Pref- 100 erably, the blocks 20 are constructed after the manner of a trapezoid with the enlarged end disposed rearwardly.

The blocks or slide members 20 are preferably constructed of a wood which is harder in tex- 105 ture than the wood of the handle 10 and may be harder than the wood in the arms 15. These blocks are also preferably so mounted on the arms 15 that the grain of the wood or material from which the blocks 20 are constructed is 110 disposed lengthwise of the handle 10 and the arms 15 so that these blocks 20 will at all times have a relatively smooth sliding surface 23.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:--

1. A shuflle board cue comprising a handle, a reversible head on one end of the handle, and a slide member on each side of the head and extending laterally of each side of the head.

2. A shuflle board cue comprising a handle, a reversible head on one end of the handle, and a pair of slide members secured to the head and extending laterally of the upper and lower faces thereof, said slide members having the outer face portions inclined forwardly in the direction of the forward end of said head.

3. A shuflle board cue comprising a handle, a head on one end of the handle, said head including a pair of spaced arms, and a pair of slide members carried by each of said arms and disposed one on each side of said arms.

4. A shuflie board cue comprising a handle, a head on one end of the handle, said head having a recess on one face thereof, and a slide member disposed in said recess and extending laterally of said one face of said head.

5. A shuflie board cue comprising a handle, a head on one end of the handle, said head having recesses on the opposite sides thereof, and a pair of slide members disposed one in each recess, said slide members having the opposite faces thereof forwardly divergent.

6. A shufiie board cue comprising a handle, a

head on one end of the handle, said head having recesses on opposite faces thereof, and a pair of trapezoidal slide members disposed one in each recess.

7. A head for a shuffle board cue comprising a pair of forwardly divergent members, each of said members having a recess on at least one face thereof, and a block for each recess extending laterally of said members.

8. In a shuffle board cue, a head comprising a pair of game piece engaging members each having a recess on opposite sides thereof, and a block for each recess.

9. A head for a shuffle board cue comprising a pair of forwardly divergent members, each of said members having a recess on one face thereof, said recess being disposed intermediate the ends of the members, a block for each recess extending laterally of said members.

10. In a shuflle board cue, a head comprising a pair of game piece engaging members, each of said members having a recess on opposite sides thereof, said recess being disposed intermediate the ends of the members, and a block for each recess.

11. In a shuflle board cue, a headcomprising a pair of game piece engaging members disposed in spaced relation to each other, each of said members having a recess on opposite sides thereof, and a block for each recess.

12. In a shufile board cue, a head adapted to be secured to a handle, said head comprising a pair of game piece engaging members, each of said members having opposed recesses opening through opposite sides of the members and through one face of the member, said recesses being disposed intermediate the end of the members, and a block mounted in each recess.

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